Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 25 Yahya related to me from Malik from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Ghatafan ibn Tarif al-Murri informed him that Marwan ibn al-Hakam sent him to Abdullah ibn Abbas to ask him what there was for the molar. Abdullah ibn Abbas said, “There are five camels for it.” He said, […]
Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.
Book 43, Blood Money, discusses compensations for injury or death.
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 26 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father made all the teeth the same in the blood-money and did not prefer any kind over others. Malik said, “What is done in our community is that the front teeth, molars, and eye-teeth have the same […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 27 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “The head wound of the slave in which the bone is bared is a twentieth of his price.” وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 28 Malik related to me that he had heard that Marwan ibn al-Hakam gave a decision about a slave who was injured that the person who injured him had to pay what he had diminished of the value of the slave. Malik said, “What is done in our community is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 29 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz gave a decision that when a jew or christian was killed, his blood-money was half the blood-money of a free muslim. Malik said, “What is done in our community, is that a muslim is not […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 30 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “The blood-money of a magian is eight hundred dirhams.” Malik said, “This is what is done in our community.” Malik said, “The blood-monies of the jew, christian, and magian in their injuries, is according […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 31 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said, “The tribe is not obliged to pay blood-money for intentional murder. They pay blood-money for accidental killing.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْعَاقِلَةِ عَقْلٌ فِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 32 Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, “The precedent of the sunna is that the tribe are not liable for any blood- money of an intentional killing unless they wish that.” Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said the same as that. وَحَدَّثَنِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 33 Malik said that Ibn Shihab said, “The precedent of the sunna in the intentional murder is that when the relatives of the murdered person relinquish retaliation, the blood-money is owed by the murderer from his own property unless the tribe helps him with it willingly.” Malik said, “What is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 34 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Umar ibn al- Khattab demanded of the people at Mina, “If anyone has knowledge of blood-money, let him inform me.” Ad-Dahhak ibn Sufyan al-Kilabi stood up and said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 35 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Amr ibn Shuayb that a man of the Banu Mudlij called Qatada threw a sword at his son and it struck his thigh. The wound bled profusely and he died. Suraqa ibn Jusham came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and mentioned […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 36 Malik said that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar were asked, “Does one deal more harshly in taking the blood-money in the sacred month?” They said, “No. But it is increased in it because of violating the month.” It was said to Said, “Does […]